All Quotes

I was as content Off-Broadway as I was in a big Hollywood movie, and, I just try to be content wherever I am, you know.
‐‐ James Earl Jones

I was as eager a writer as I was a reader.
‐‐ Sherwood Smith

I was as happy doing theater in New York for little or no money as I am now doing television for more money. The happiness, I guess, comes out of it being a good job. The success has to do with the fact that it's a good job that will continue.
‐‐ David Hyde Pierce

I was as impatient about finding my dream man as I was about everything else I wanted.
‐‐ Loretta Young

I was, as president and chairman of the board, required by law to verify the veracity of the financial figures, the assets under management, the number of outstanding shares, et cetera.
‐‐ Matt Bevin

I was as repelled by the French as I was attracted by their country.
‐‐ Margaret Anderson

I was ashamed for people to see me struggle.
‐‐ John Stossel

I was ashamed to admit I was hipped to the idea of acting. That's why I started in with the props.
‐‐ John Wayne

I was asked about doing a nude shoot for men's magazine GQ. I thought it was the funniest thing I'd ever heard.
‐‐ Julie Walters

I was asked by a group to write a song on the theme of brotherhood. This was before women's liberation, when brotherhood meant men and women both, so I wrote the song. Since I had always been very fond of the Passion Chorale, I wrote words to that great piece.
‐‐ Tom Glazer

I was asked by an editor to consider writing something about an American inventor. I asked him if he knew who invented the computer. He said he didn't. In that case, I told him, I should write a book about John Vincent Atanasoff.
‐‐ Jane Smiley

I was asked by an NPR reporter once why don't I talk about race that often. I said, 'It's because I'm a neurosurgeon.' And she thought that was a strange response... I said, 'You see, when I take someone to the operating room, I'm actually operating on the thing that makes them who they are. The skin doesn't make them who they are.'
‐‐ Ben Carson

I was asked once if I ever got tired of playing bimbos, and I answered that I've never played a bimbo. I've always played smart, manipulative women. Marilyn Monroe and Judy Holliday, who were not stupid, could play stupid really well, but I don't do it well.
‐‐ Morgan Fairchild

I was asked three times directly in the hearing before the board of the judiciary whether or not I would continue to acknowledge God if I were to resume my position as chief justice. And I said I would.
‐‐ Roy Moore

I was asked to act when I couldn't act. I was asked to sing 'Funny Face' when I couldn't sing, and dance with Fred Astaire when I couldn't dance - and do all kinds of things I wasn't prepared for. Then I tried like mad to cope with it.
‐‐ Audrey Hepburn

I was asked to be in the last two 'Harry Potter' films and I couldn't do it because I was busy filming 'Grey's Anatomy.'
‐‐ Kevin McKidd

I was asked to be in Vogue but I said no. I didn't want to advertise make-up. I didn't want to be seen as a sex symbol.
‐‐ Francesca Annis

I was asked to be on 'The Colbert Report' last year as Big Bird and Oscar. But when we got there, we discovered they wanted both characters on at the same time. Stephen Colbert didn't know one man plays them both. We called Joey Mazzarino, our head writer, who's a very good puppeteer as well. He agreed to zip over and do Oscar.
‐‐ Caroll Spinney

I was asked to come to Chicago because Chicago is one of our fifty-two states.
‐‐ Raquel Welch

I was asked to design the tuxedo for Mr. Peanut. They're rebranding him. That was probably the most interesting request. I didn't spend a long time considering it.
‐‐ Thom Browne

I was asked to do a reading of 'G.B.F.' and I loved the script. I thought it was one of the most amazing things I'd read, but it took a year to get a green light for production.
‐‐ Sasha Pieterse

I was asked to do 'I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here,' and I said: 'No thank you.'
‐‐ Kate O'Mara

I was asked to go to Cannes to present Amores Perros. And little did I know that this film would be huge. I saw it for the first time in Cannes, and it was the first time I'd seen myself on such a big screen. And it had a huge impact on me - it was the strangest feeling.
‐‐ Gael Garcia Bernal

I was asked to memorise what I did not understand; and, my memory being so good, it refused to be insulted in that manner.
‐‐ Aleister Crowley

I was asked to model but I never took up the offer.
‐‐ Mark Roberts

I was asked to sing with Mavis Staples on a gospel compilation called 'Oh Happy Day.' And, you know, other than being totally intimidated at the prospect of singing with Mavis, I was honored. I don't really have much of a background in gospel music.
‐‐ Patty Griffin

I was asking Charlie the most important questions, and you heard the answers.
‐‐ Edgar Bergen

I was asleep at the wheel before cancer shook me awake.
‐‐ Kris Carr

I was asleep, in the upstairs bedroom, in the rear of the house. There was this tremendous crash, there was a terrible wind force hitting my body, and then I blanked out.
‐‐ Larry Miller

I was assigned to do a job by the attorney general, and that was to find out whether crimes were committed.
‐‐ Ken Starr

I was assigned to the heavy cruiser Chicago.
‐‐ Jack Adams

I was assigned to the Waffen-SS but was never involved in any crime. Besides, I always felt the need to write about my experiences in a larger context one day. This has only developed recently, now that I have overcome my inner aversion to writing an autobiography in the first place, specifically one having to do with my younger years.
‐‐ Gunter Grass

I was assistant in Edmonton with Wayne as captain, and Kevin Lowe was the other assistant.
‐‐ Mark Messier

I was at a banquet, and I went into the ladies' room, and I'm in the stall doing my business, and a piece of paper and pen came from outside the door, and she says, 'Ms. Wagner, would you please sign this for me?' And I said, 'Are you kidding me?'
‐‐ Lindsay Wagner

I was at a bar nursing a beer. My nipple was getting quite soggy.
‐‐ Emo Philips

I was at a benefit for some imprisoned students in the '60s at San Francisco State, and there were lots of poets reading for the benefit: one was Elizabeth Bishop.
‐‐ Thom Gunn

I was at a book convention, in a cab. On one side of me was Arthur Schlesinger; on the other side was William Manchester - real heavyweights. All they were doing was asking me about Charles Manson. The only thing that enables me not to be bored is the people talking about it - they're so interested.
‐‐ Vincent Bugliosi

I was at a luncheon; and some cameras were trained on us. I don't know whether they were for television or not. You know how little I know about cameras.
‐‐ June Allyson

I was at a meeting two years ago in Beijing, and I passed a bunch of women who were marching in a protest. Their signs were probably saying something I wouldn't have agreed with at all. But I was so glad to see women marching. And it's happening all over the world.
‐‐ Betty Friedan

I was at a New Year's Eve party, and someone asked me how was my year, and I said, 'I honestly think 2011 was the best year of my entire life,' and I actually meant it.
‐‐ Dave Grohl

I was at a party, and some squiggly looking dude with a bow tie came up and said, 'How'd you like to be on TV?' Turns out he was the programming guy at the Food Network. They had me come into the office, and I did a 'Ready, Set, Cook' with Emeril Lagasse, I believe.
‐‐ Mario Batali

I was at a party in London when I met Bond producer Barbara Broccoli. She introduced herself, and I didn't believe her name. So I just replied: 'Yeah, and I'm Cathy Carrot.' I think maybe I got off on the wrong foot!
‐‐ Catherine Bach

I was at a party three weeks prior to the murders at Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate's house.
‐‐ Nancy Sinatra

I was at a photo shoot, and I was wearing a cross necklace that my mom bought me, and somebody made a joke like, 'Why are you wearing a cross? Like you would be religious.' And then they took it away. I was really affected by that. The whole thing made me realize that I do want a cross with me at all times.
‐‐ Kate Upton

I was at a picnic, and there were a lot of songwriters. I remember praying, 'God I wish you would give me a song.' About five minutes later, my ears popped, and I saw everybody in slow motion. Nobody knew what I was experiencing.
‐‐ Andrae Crouch

I was at a point where I was ready to say I am what I am because of what I am and if you like me I'm grateful, and if you don't, what am I going to do about it?
‐‐ Anne Bancroft

I was at a pretty rough school, and the only thing I was good at was art.
‐‐ Roger Rees

I was at a public school until I was in sixth grade when I moved to New York.
‐‐ Sami Gayle

I was at a restaurant in Glasgow, and I was walking down the stairs. A woman passed me and said, 'Oh my God, what are you doing here?' I didn't know who she was, and I was like, 'Sorry?' She goes, 'Oh no, sorry, I follow you on Twitter. I just didn't expect to see you here.'
‐‐ Caitriona Balfe